Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-771-R2

2nd Redraft EHS 771

DCF Attorneys

Ms. Flanagan, Messrs. Barrett and Lewis and Ms. Gobi moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4800-0015, by inserting after the words “unit 8 employees” the following: “provided further, that the department shall expend not less than was expended in fiscal year 2015 for attorneys; provided further, that these funds shall mitigate attorney caseloads in those areas furthest from the statewide weighted caseload standard with the goal of achieving an attorney caseload ratio of 60 to 1 statewide”